Ricky Hatton reckons his final Sky show could be his greatest when Scott Quigg and Rendall Munroe battle for the WBA interim super-bantamweight title.

Ricky Hatton reckons his final Sky show could be his greatest when Scott Quigg and Rendall Munroe battle for the WBA interim super-bantamweight title.

Hatton’s promotional company was dealt a major blow last week after learning they would have no more live televised shows on Sky.

It has left the former two-weight world champion looking for a new home for his stable of fighters that includes Quigg, Anthony Crolla, Martin Murray and Olympian Joe Murray.

British champion Quigg’s clash with ex-European king Munroe will be the last show of Hatton’s current contract with Sky, who backed him for the biggest fights of his career against Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao.

And the Hitman says he will go out with a bang.

“In three years as a promoter it’s the best show I’ve been involved in,” he said of the clash at the Velodrome on June 16.

“Quigg and Munroe are the top two super-bantamweights in the country. Top fighters often don’t want to fight each other, but we’ve put number one and two together. It is a fight of the year in the making.

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